The MigrantLife project officially comes to an end this month! Earlier today, together with our colleagues at @phrg-standrews.bsky.social, we looked back on and celebrated our achievements—and the many people who contributed to the project’s success 🍾

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📢 Join us at the first meeting of the new EAPS Working Group on Migrant Health in Bologna! #EPC2026 Details below ⬇️

📢📢 Launching the @eaps.bsky.social Working Group on Migrant Health! 📌 Our first meeting will be a pre-EPC event in Bologna on June 3rd, 9:00–12:00. ✉️ Write to [email protected] to become a member, join our mailing list, and/or register for the event! More info 👉 shorturl.at/mBsJJ

1️⃣podcast recorded @mjwdemography.bsky.social @jharrison37.bsky.social "ONS Linking Our Lives - Champions of the LS" (5/5) 🌎📈📢

3️⃣ brilliant postdocs hired Dr. Courtney Franklin @courtneyfranklin.bsky.social Dr Joe Harrison @jharrison37.bsky.social Dr Daniela Foresta @daniforesta.bsky.social (4/5)

4️⃣working papers published (available to read here): wallace-demography.weebly.com/para-mor-wor... (3/5)

2️⃣research articles published: academic.oup.com/bmb/article/... www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti... (2/5)

Forget Spotify, here's the "Wrapped" that you didn't know you needed. ⭐"PARA-MOR Wrapped" 2025 ⭐ @ukri.org @salforduni.bsky.social @uos-health-society.bsky.social (1/5)

Super proud to share my first working paper from the @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social project, co-authored with PI @mjwdemography.bsky.socialy.bsky.social, which can be found here wallace-demography.weebly.com/para-mor-wor... @salforduni.bsky.social @uos-health-society.bsky.social @ukri.org

My first working paper from the @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social project is now available. Co-authored with PI @mjwdemography.bsky.social wallace-demography.weebly.com/uploads/5/4/... @salforduni.bsky.social @uos-health-society.bsky.social @ukri.org

New article out in the British Medical Bulletin from the PARA-MOR team: Long lives, poor health? A comprehensive review of the evidence among international migrants | British Medical Bulletin | Oxford Academic academic.oup.com/bmb/article/... #migration #health #inequality #mortality

Welcome @daniforesta.bsky.social! (3/3)

@daniforesta.bsky.social has already done some super exciting work on migration 🌎 and health 🚑 inequalities and we're excited to see what she's going to do next (2/3) journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10....

The @ukri.org-funded PARA-MOR project is over the moon 🌕 to welcome @daniforesta.bsky.social as our third and final Postdoctoral Research Fellow! @uos-health-society.bsky.social (1/3)

New article out in the British Medical Bulletin from the @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social project team: | Long lives, poor health? A comprehensive review of the evidence among international migrants | academic.oup.com/bmb/article/...

I love this so much! Mega congrats @ugobas.bsky.social and @marilianep.bsky.social! ❤️💪🏻💯

📢 We are hiring! 📢 Are you a UK home student with (or nearing) a Master's degree in Demography, Public Health, Sociology or a related discipline? Do you have a strong interest in ethnicity and inequality? 📈🌍 If so, come and do a PhD @salforduni.bsky.social! www.findaphd.com/phds/project...

Welcome to PARA-MOR @jharrison37.bsky.social! (5/5)

He's also published on other migrant outcomes, including union formation and fertility among Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants and the children of migrants in the U.K. www.jstor.org/stable/48728... (4/5)

@jharrison37.bsky.social has previously published on cancer mortality among Pakistani and Bangladeshi migrants and the children of migrants in England and Wales link.springer.com/article/10.1... (3/5)

Joe completed his PhD at @uniofstandrews.bsky.social in the area of migrant health and has been working for the past year on the massive @erc.europa.eu funded @migrantlife.bsky.social project. He's so good that he'll also remain involved in "Migrant Life" until 2026. (2/5)

The PARA-MOR project is super delighted to welcome @jharrison37.bsky.social as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow! @salforduni.bsky.social @uos-health-society.bsky.social (1/5)

Welcome, @vergeles.bsky.social ! (4/4)

@vergeles.bsky.social will be with us for a while. During her stay we will work closely together on a multi-country comparative paper focusing on migration, mortality, and inequality. (3/4)

@vergeles.bsky.social is completing a joint PhD between UCLouvain and VUB within the large-scale INEQKILL project (www.ineqkill.be). She has a Bachelor's degree in biological anthropology and Master's degree in demography. (2/4)

The PARA-MOR project would like to welcome Marina Vergeles @vergeles.bsky.social to the School of Health and Society @uos-health-society.bsky.social ! brispo.research.vub.be/en/marina-ve... (1/4)

We're are beyond excited to have her on board here and look forward to doing some brilliant migrant health research together! 🌍📈💯 #migration #health #inequality #society

Here's another: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

She's has produced a couple of really cool papers so far. Here's one: pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

Courtney completed her PhD at the University of Liverpool on addressing inequalities in childhood febrile illness associated with paediatric emergency department attendance in Liverpool. sphr.nihr.ac.uk/research/add...

The PARA-MOR project would like to welcome our new postdoctoral research fellow Dr #CourtneyFranklin to the project! Welcome, Courtney! @uos-health-society.bsky.social

www.salford.ac.uk/courses/post... 🚀 Exciting news! We at @uos-health-society.bsky.social have launched a new MsC Applied Social Research Methods course! Learn from leading academics & engage with professional organisations! Next entry: Sept 2025. Apply now! #Education #Masters #AppliedSocialResearch

Want to learn more about the intersection of #immigration and #health? Check out the ONS Longitudinal Study and its groundbreaking research! Listen to our latest podcast ep with @mjwdemography.bsky.social & @jharrison37.bsky.social - buff.ly/DHhRNDF @ukri.org @ukdataservice.bsky.social

Missed our #CPCCGwebinar with @mjwdemography.bsky.social @salforduni.bsky.social? 📺 Watch the recording to hear about research that finds a small but growing influence of international #migrants on national #lifeexpectancy, based on Nordic regions' administrative register data.

The ONS Longitudinal Study has transformed our understanding of immigration & health in the UK. This thread explores 4 key insights from the latest #LinkingOurLivesPod with @mjwdemography.bsky.social and @jharrison37.bsky.social highlighting the LS' contribution to research in this field. 🧵 1/7

It was a pleasure @cpc-cg.bsky.social to present in the #CPCCGwebinar yesterday. For the latest news and findings from my @ukri.org project, please follow the BlueSky 🔵 page @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social 😊

In the latest episode of the #LinkingOurLivesPod we talk about how uniquely placed the ONS Longitudinal Study is to research questions about the health of immigrants with @mjwdemography.bsky.social & @jharrison37.bsky.social 🔗 buff.ly/4jIfjdO @standrewssgsd.bsky.social @migrantlife.bsky.social

🗓️ NEXT WEEK's #CPCCGWebinar ⬇️ @mjwdemography.bsky.social reports on findings of a small but growing influence of international #migrants on national #lifeexpectancy, based on Nordic regions' #data. @para-mor-ukri.bsky.social @salforduni.bsky.social Register to join: www.cpc.ac.uk/activities/f...

A grant of £1.3 million from @ukri.org has been awarded for a research project led by @mjwdemography.bsky.social to study whether international migrants are living longer lives in worse health compared to non-migrants, and why this might be 🌏 Read more 👉 www.salford.ac.uk/news/ps13-mi...

🚨 Last chance to apply! 🚨 Deadline 12th Jan. Come work at the Centre for Research on Inclusive Society in Salford, Manchester 🐝 3-years, great city, great project, great colleagues. Let's do some world-leading research together! 🌎📊📈💯

🚨 Opportunity alert 🚨 Is your New Year's resolution to get a long-term research job using the world's best data on a super interesting topic with a fantastic team? If so, apply to come and work with me so we can understand if international migrants are living longer lives in worse health! 🌎📈📊

🚨 I'm hiring! Come and work with me at the University of Salford 🐝 as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow on the ERC/UKRI project "Living longer in poorer health? 🌎 Understanding the migrant health paradox". 3 x 3-year positions available! Apply by Jan 12th! 🚨 universityofsalford.tal.net/vx/appcentre...

In this PARA-MOR article recently published in #SocialScience&MedicinePopulationHealth, @sd.de and I aim to quantify and unpack the impact of the mortality patterns of migrants and the children of migrants on national life expectancy patterns and trends in Sweden. (1/7)

In this first *PARA-MOR* working paper @mjwdemography.bsky.social reviews evidence regarding whether international migrants are living longer lives in worse health. He outlines areas of agreement and controversy, future research directions, and policy recommendations. su.figshare.com/articles/pre...